Nazia Sharfuddin
@SharfuddinNazia
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Physician Lead-Quality Improvement @THP_Hospital; Quality & Patient Safety Theme Lead, @UofTMDprogram; @harvardmed MHQS 2024 + SQIL 2021; Co-Founder #SalaamBy
Toronto, Ontario
Joined January 2018
In high school, I used to take 2 buses & a train to volunteer @THP_hospital - incredibly honoured & thrilled to return as #physician #leader focused on advancing #quality + #education serving my hometown
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Happy to share that our team @QuEST_Program's work on equity-focused #qualityimprovement interventions in medicine is now online @BMJ_Qual_Saf! Very thankful for the mentorship and support from QI scholars @THP_hospital @SharfuddinNazia & @UHN @Tdbhate
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Proud of this team's work in advancing our understanding of QI as it intersects with health equity. Our scoping review demonstrated a paucity of equity focused QI interventions & identified institutional leadership & championship + pt partnership key to success.
Happy to share that our team @QuEST_Program's work on equity-focused #qualityimprovement interventions in medicine is now online @BMJ_Qual_Saf! Very thankful for the mentorship and support from QI scholars @THP_hospital @SharfuddinNazia & @UHN @Tdbhate
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Farah Khan not only displays exceptional leadership in her role as THP’s Senior Vice President of Patient Care Services, but she is also breaking barriers, highlighting that everyone deserves a seat at the table. Giving a candid account of her journey to leadership, Farah’s
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It takes only an hour of rounding on the General Internal Medicine wards to realize that for physicians to provide high-quality health care, we must understand the structural/social determinants of health in addition to knowing the latest expert guidelines for our areas of
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Thank you @UAlberta_DoM Chair Dr. @NK_UADoM for your mentorship, team @AmandaVMac @mervetanmd @Emad_Khatib_MD, Dr. Emily Ling & outstanding QI advising by Dr. Pamela Mathura
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Thrilled and honoured to share that our work on advancing language concordant care via multi-modal medical interpretation platforms have just been published on @BMJ_Qual_Saf: https://t.co/gLzooDNrJC Language concordant care helps advance safe & high quality care
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Check out this @OMSAofficial advocacy paper led by @QuEST_Program students! They highlight the importance of experiential #QIPS opportunities for MD trainees & advocate for #HealthEquity to be embedded within #QIPS education! 👇
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Congrats @AlikaMD!
Such an honour to be among this years recipients of @medicalpost awards. 🩷 For folks frustrated with the current state of healthcare, your voice matters. Better can only happen if we work together!
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One of the first projects that we did at @QuEST_Program @THP_hospital providing #virtual #internalmedicine #specialist care at long-term care facilities, leading to fewer #ED transfers and expediting specialist assessment.
Proud to share our article in @tjcjqps - https://t.co/QnH1ZIQvIg We assess the use of a virtual platform for facilitating remote care at a LTC home. Grateful for @QuEST_Program & our amazing team! Drs. @SharfuddinNazia, @drafreeland, Shaan Chugh, Amir Ginzburg & Tony Campbell
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Language conocrdant care improves quality of care via all 6 @TheIHI pillars of #Quality- improving clinical outcomes, patient safety & patient experience. Honoured to work on this across @TAHSNetwork with @ShailRawalMD & Dhruv Nayyar
At our @TAHSNetwork QIPS community of practice meeting this month, @ShailRawalMD and @SharfuddinNazia reminding us re: high risk scenarios where use of professional interpretation particularly important. Taken from @AHRQNews toolkit. https://t.co/I4epoBj4wO
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Our President Dr. Marcus Law was pleased to present the 2023 Ian Hart Award to Dr. Cynthia Whitehead from the University of Toronto at our award cocktail event last night at #ICAM2023! @LawMarcus @cynthiarw29 @UofT
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Huge congratulations to @JaneJomy on your @QuEST_Program poster presentation on #equity considerations in #QIPS initiatives at the @ISACH2023 conference at @McMasterU today!! 👏
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Congrats Sunny Raval @UofTMDprogram student and incoming @QuEST_Program student chair on your stellar oral presentation at #ICAM2023 on our #QualityImprovement research evaluating the impact of the @QuEST_Program!
Congratulations to QuEST Program student lead, Sunny Raval, for presenting his research evaluating the impact of QuEST on participant #QIPS knowledge, skills, and attitudes at #ICAM2023! 👏
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The QuEST Program is incredibly honoured to host Dr. Lane Donnelly, Professor of Radiology & Paediatrics at The University of North Carolina School of Medicine @UNC_SOM, on April 17 from 5-6PM EST! Read more about Dr. Donnelly below! ⬇️
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“You can be anxious, sensitive, kind and wear your heart on your sleeve…you can be all of these things, and not only can you be here, you can lead.” Jacinda Ardern gives her final speech to the New Zealand parliament
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Congrats @katherineb98 - @QuEST_Program Student Co Chair - on sharing your research incorporating health equity @ISACH2023!
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“Things are broken, but things can be fixed.” — @AlikaMD on the promise of rehabilitating #CDNhealth, and how innovation, #HealthData interoperability and collaboration can get us there [Panel discussion @Communitech, @CityAge]
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So proud of all the @QuEST_Program projects featured at the @THP_hospital Mississauga Research & Quality Improvement Showcase! Such a diversity of specialties and topics with immense impact potential!
We are excited to be sharing our @uoftmedicine student & @THP_hospital supervisor-led #QIPS projects, which have been featured in the THP Research & Quality Improvement Showcase! ⬇️⬇️
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